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Hi all,

The World Telecom Development Conference was held in Malta at the end of
March.  This is a four yearly event of the International Telecoms Union:
Development sector (ITU-D), and brings together the communications
ministers and large delegations from most countries.  The private sector
(especially GMPCS promoters) were also heavily present.

A total of 190 documents were distributed there, many of them detailing
various initiatives on telecommunications, outlining the state of telecoms
in countries of the South, etc etc.

The ITU, all credit due, has the entire 190 documents on line already.  And
for those long sleepless nights, you can even watch a video stream (which
was broadcast live) of countless hours of speeches and proceedings!

The addresses are:

live on video stream:  http://www.maltanet.net/wtdc98/

full document list at:
http://www.itu.int/wtdc-98/z_common/English/frame7.htm

From there you can download full documents.

Incidentally, the issue of NGO involvement in the structures of the ITU,
which I and some others have been pursuing for some time, was raised there,
and will become the topic of a 'focus group'  under a Study Group.  I will
be rapporteur for the focus group. More on this anon.

Sean



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